M87.838
Other osteonecrosis of left carpus
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 12 never code together
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 3
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 8 same parent — M87.83
M87.831 Other osteonecrosis of right radius M87.832 Other osteonecrosis of left radius M87.833 Other osteonecrosis of unspecified radius M87.834 Other osteonecrosis of right ulna M87.835 Other osteonecrosis of left ulna M87.836 Other osteonecrosis of unspecified ulna M87.837 Other osteonecrosis of right carpus M87.839 Other osteonecrosis of unspecified carpus
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